Login with SSO or LDAP and/or using import_from_cf_cli within the library

[svenXY]

Hi,

the cf tools provide some means of login in with SSO

cf login -a api.example.com --sso
(which then queries for a temporary authentication code) - or can this temporary code be used somehow?

as well as via LDAP:

cf login -a api.example.com --origin=ldap -u <user>

Can any of these be used with cf-python-client and if so, how?

Furthermore, there is

cloudfoundry-client import_from_cf_cli
which, if I understand correctly, uses the token created by cf login. Is there any possibility of using this feature in the library as well?

Thanks a lot,
Sven

[svenXY]

def login_with_cf_config(self):
    with open(Path.home() / '.cf/config.json', 'r') as f:
        cf_config = json.load(f)
    self.client = CloudFoundryClient(cf_config['Target'], verify=False)
    self.client.init_with_token(cf_config['RefreshToken'])

does the trick

[svenXY]

But the question for sso and /or ldap remains ;-)

[antechrestos]

@svenXY let's submit a pull request then 😊

[svenXY]

I'm not sure where to patch it in though as CloudFoundryClient must already be called with a target_endpoint. I could make something like:

Set target_endpoint to "from_cf_config" instead of a url to then trigger methods to retrieve data from there. This would probably make it possible to then use the init_with_token method.

What do you think?

[antechrestos]

Yes. Maybe a static method named build_from_cf_config_file taking a path in parameter default to user default cf config file would do the trick?

[svenXY]

Hi, @antechrestos , did you see my PR?

[svenXY]

Hi @antechrestos, I opened #175 which implements the staticmethod you proposed as an alternative

[antechrestos]

Hi @antechrestos, I opened #175 which implements the staticmethod you proposed as an alternative

looking at it and launching tests